"Ra" swims in the past

And in 1947, Heyerdahl built a raft of balsa logs and calls him "Kon-Tiki. He decides to sail from the coast of Peru to the Tuamotu islands. Kon-Tiki - the name of God doinkskogo Viracocha, who was the creator of the sun. Later, the Incas worshiped the Sun God only. The sun was their totem - a symbol of sort of the Incas, but later one of the ruling Inca returned them to the worship of Viracocha. Now, thousands of years later, the deity if returned back to indicate the road on which the ancestors journeyed to the ocean. Raft Kon-Tiki "was released to the open ocean (the Pacific), crossed it and made the journey a long eight thousand kilometers, reached the goal! Then, Heyerdahl wanted to prove (and prove!) The possibility of an initial population of Polynesians came from South America. Twenty-two years Thor Heyerdahl once again organize the expedition and was preparing to sail. At this time - on papyrus boat, named "Ra" - in honor of the ancient Egyptian sun god. Norwegian ethnographer wants to prove the principal possibility of ancient voyages of African descent across the Atlantic. On board the "Ra" was assembled Heyerdalom international crew - a Soviet doctor, an American pilot, an Egyptian scuba diver, a Mexican anthropologist, a carpenter from the Republic of Chad in Central Africa, the Italian climber. "What unites humanity is natural and should be encouraged, and, conversely, what separates people is artificial and should be overcome", - said Thor Heyerdahl. The boat of papyrus - an original model of the world. People of different nationalities, different color, different political and religious beliefs can and should work together even in the toughest conditions hand in hand. A year later - in 1970 - Thor Heyerdahl. And again, all the same international crew assembled on board. Just place a carpenter from Chad took Berber from Morocco, and even joined the eighth person - Japanese cameraman. And so on May 17 Ra 2 "out to sea. Launch site - the port of Safi, Morocco. Leading the way - the Atlantic Ocean ... What difficulties have had a chance to face a team gives an idea of ??the ship's log: June 2. Every day we are all stronger plunge. A thick rope is fastened on the edge of the main ligaments, went under water, the waves are engulfing us through the lateral ligament, fill water trough in the middle. We have a multi-ton extra weight, and he iritaplivaet "Ra". At noon, Norman graced us with new coordinates of the boat, but we still have a long way, and in memory of our fresh unpleasant hours on the "Ra-1, which, though sinking, but not so fast. When he finished this dive? June 8. Partly Cloudy, good wind. Looks like our buoyancy has improved. Wanted to make outrigger that it catches the wave and reduce the burden on the deck, but the rope broke, and the wooden structure broke away from our hands. And before that I pulled from the water end of the rescue float that Outrigger is not entangled in the rope, when we start it over the stern. We were going pretty fast, and I heard with horror as Santiago shouted from the bridge: "George overboard!" I saw a black head George on a wave of forty yards astern Ra ... With relief I saw that he first threw overboard a life buoy. He caught the rope from the outrigger, and then grabbed the end of life. We dragged him to the boat, and he promised never to jump into the ocean so that we may have lost. July 9. All wet, all wet. Brushes, clothes, sleeping bags, mattresses smell like mildew. Rain, rain ... Last night was a nightmare ... July 12. Standing on the watch, I have about 7 am clearly caught the scent of green grass, a yogi pulled the crib ... Immediately thereafter, from the west came a small plane. He described a circle over us at low altitude, and shook his wings. And now, four planes circling almost over most of our mast. At 12.15 there was a loud cry of Norman - he saw the earth! We crossed the Atlantic in a papyrus boat ... And now we serve and lead at the end of a tow to the port of Bridgetown. After the calm at the Canary Islands for the first time, "Ra-2 has entered the quiet waters. Eight representatives from eight nations shook hands with each other.